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Pay Gap

Best- Washington D.C.
- 91%
Worst- Louisiana
- `66%
Pay
- Women- pay stops growing at 39
- Men- pay stops at 48
The Great Depression
- FDR
  - Tried to equalize pay between genders
- Eleanor Roosevelt
  - Became a role model for women's rights
- Frances Perkins
  - First female cabinet member
- WWII
  - Rosie the Riveter
  - Women in the military
  - Most women still did traditional jobs
- 1950's - After the War
  - Women were expected to go back home
  - Jobs
    - Mothers
    - Homemakers
    - Supporting their men
    - Enjoyed their new appliances
  - Women weren't supposed to care about careers, education, and political rights
  - 60% of women dropped out of college to marry
- 1960's
  - Trapped housewife
    - caused more women to get out of the house
Betty Friedan
- Wrote book- Feminine Mystique
- Argued women could have a family and a career
Equal Pay Act- 1963
- prohibited sexual discrimination
- Abolished wage differences between genders
Civil Rights Act- 1964
- Banned discrimination on the basis of color, race, national origin, or gender
NOW
- National Organization for Women
- Founded in 1966
- Works
  - Eliminate discrimination and harassment
    - Workplace
    - Schools
    - Justice system
  - End all forms of violence against women
  - eradicate racism, sexism
- Changes
  - More women attend college
  - More women enter work force
  - More women go into professions
  - Generated a movement for gay rights
Title IX
- There must be equivalents of sports for boys and girls
1980
- 51.5% of women held jobs outside the home
- Inequality in pay still exist
1990's
- Promoted more math and science for girls
FMLA
- Entitles eligible employees to take unpaid protected leave for specific family and medical reasons
- Twelve work weeks of leave in a 12 month period
200 - Present
- Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
  - restored protection against pay discrimination
- Laws on the Floor of Congress
  - Paycheck Fairness
    - Would create incentives for employees to follow law, empower women to negotiate for equal pay
  - Fair Pay Act
    - It would require employers to give equal pay
Poverty
- 2009- 15% of Americans lived in Poverty
  - Women are 29% more likely to live in poverty
In the largest 147 US cities are 8% higher
60% of all BA's go to women
70% of US job losses were men
Big Cause of Death in Women
- 16-19 is childbirth

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April First

Was the new year
- Was moved to Jan 1
People that still celebrated the New Year on April First were called April Fools

Indiana

Religious Freedom Law
- Keeps people's religious rights
- You don't have to hire a gay person if you don't want to
- Allows people to say they are religiously opposed to same sex marriages they don't have to participate

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